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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Thrift Store Find Turned Tablescape Goodness

Don't you just love it when you stop off at your local thrift store and score big time?!! Well, I had that happen last Friday. Earlier this week, I showed you my nifty little owl that got a makeover in the post HERE. If that wasn't exciting enough, during the same stop last week at my local Goodwill Thrift Store, I also found﻿ six very eye catching amber chandelier globes. They were sitting all alone without a light fixture.

They were marked $1.50 each, which made me stop and ponder. What could I do with these harvest colored crackly globes? After all, they felt so seasonal with that amber glass. In my thoughts, I new they would reflect light lovely since that was their original purpose. Plus they were cheap, so I decided to grab them up and figure it out later.

After clearing away all the Halloween decorations, I needed to re-work my farmhouse table. Let's be honest...I was sick of the Halloween stuff and wanted it put away! ﻿Oh! I was so very sick of it. Cute at first, gaudy and annoying as the days dragged on. I needed something simple. Something just to set on the table so it didn't look abandoned, but wasn't too much either. Enter....the globes!!!! Yeah!

I put a simple table-runner from my stash across the freshly cleaned and dusted table. (Did I tell you I was sick of those Halloween decorations?) I then placed the globes with six red votive candles that I picked up at some point from The Dollar Store and half burnt this past year inside each globe. Ahh! Fresh, clean, clear, sparkly and simple.

I will probably work in some fresh greens and berries for my Thanksgiving table later in the month. For now, I am so enjoying lighting them each night and enjoying the harvest glow from my little fun thrift shop find. Have you strolled your local thrift shop lately? It's fun, relaxing and has the potential to provide something special for your table. Enjoy the day!

They look lovely on your table. I love that color. Once again, I'm amazed at how you can think outside the box. I love to find goodies at the thrift store, but they're always bought for their original intended use.